Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
IMPORTANT CASE.
NE GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
AND MAGISTRATES.
His Right to Appoint-very Ill Hduea-
tional-Railread Notes Noted Des-
perGdoes Heard From.
Especial telegram 10 the Dlspatchl

ter, as il involves the right of the Gov
crnor to appoint magistrates TO oil va
canciCs IN cases whore the magistrates
elected hy the Legislature, failed to
qualify before The CLERK of the Su-
pcnor CONT. holton is the clerk
Of Guiliord county Superior Court.
lie refused o. administer the
oath to persons whom Governor
Scales appointed rs magistrates 10 hll
vacancies SD maze. A mandamus WAS
asked for 10y Gilmcr to compel foltOn
20 qualify him The case was heard
10y Judge shepherd at Hillsboro'. He
ordered llolton To qualify Gilmer and
others. From this Eolton appealed.
II IS believed that the Supreme Coart
VIII sustain the Governor in his con
stuction OF the law ON TINS subject.
Congressman Alfred R0wlnds con
ditIon is again reported as dangerous.
His friends fear q fatal termination OF
Dis illness.
There are now PIP orphan children
at the Oxford Orphan Asylum and -
applications for admission are ON file.
At Iarboro' yesterday, at chambers,
Judge Phillips refused to issue an in
junction restraining the city of VIII
mington from issuing % hundred thou
sand dollars in bonds voted as q
subscription to the Wilmington and
OnsloW and East Carolina railway. An
appeal 90 the supreme Court has been
taken. 1t is hoped the matter will be
decided 10y that court during its pres
Out term.
The Presbyterian Synodof this State
las adjourned after pleasant and
profitable session nj Fayetteville. IL
embraces the entire State and has PSI
churches, served by lij pastors. The
number of its COMMITMENTS is y. $40,
and its Sabbath schools have enrolled
l2.2Jg scholars. rs matter Of inter
ost 1t may be stated that the average
salary, in cash, of It's preachers is 500.
This is higher than that of any other
denomination, save the Episcopal. Mr..
W. >. Primrose, of Raleigh, is the new
treasurer of the synod.
Steps are a. bo taken to give Faycttc-
Vile % good water supply. Few places
ln thc state have better or more CON
ycuont sources of supply. Asheyille
viii probably get water by its new sys-
tenn after all. Large pumps are being
put Iu, and these, n is claimed, will bee
able 10 lift the Swannlnoa water 100
feet 60 the reservoir on the mountain
The extension OF the "short cut of
the Atlantic Coast Line south of Fay
ottNI.lc progresses SO rapidly that niue
teen miles have been completed. This
work started no the Pee Dee river in
South Carolina, and is coming towards
layet Cyille. 1t may end at Bennetts-
Vile. on the Capc-Fear aud Yadkin-
Valley railway.
Tuesday the people of Alexander |
and surrounding counties will celebrate |
in very handsome style the completion
Of the railway from Statesviile TO Tay- |
lor-yillc. For weeks they have made |
Ircrmtious for this event
Work begins Monday on the railway |
from Shelby to Morganton and thence |
on to the famous Cranberry iron-mines. /
Ii is positive rot only that this work
viii begin but that it will be actively
prosecuted.
Stanly county, through which the
be- extended fJu Wadesboro towards
Salisbury, is q me country. 1t has
one Of the best public school systems
i'm the State. This railway viii not
only develop the county but will pay
handsomely. 1T is great grain sec
ton. In 1875, at the Worlds Fair at
New York, the prize for the heaviest
hu-hcl of wheat was awarded Stanly
county.
\ corps Of surveyors is surveying
the Ene Of the Wilmington, Onslow
and East Carolina railway, in Onslow
county. This is the line which the
Ncwbcuc people so greatly desire to
see extended e. their town.
j he suit Of the United States against
l.. c. kchoe and others, in the District
Court at NoWbcrne, has ended in the
aCQuittal of all the defendants, who
were charged with conspiracy to
throw ont votes cast in Craven county
in the election of 1856, the said Kehoe
and others having been the county
board of cauyassers. The disproyal OF
the charge was absolute. The term of
the court at Ncwbcme closed yester-
day.
Fcy. W. b. Oliver, pastor of the
Baptist church at Marion, :. c., was
married here yesterday to Miss Salhe
Moseley, daughter of Mr. c. H. Nose
ley. of Halifax county, Va.
The fair of the colored people in
This city ended to-day. The associa-
lions assignment is for 81 800, which
covers all the just debts, the officers
.ay. They claim that the assets will
meet all the liabilities and pay all the
premiums. sc.
Rev. Robert Strange, rector of the
Church Of the Good Shepherd, this
city, will 60 TO Wilmington December s
lst 10 take charge of st, James church. I
lie has been here two years and his ,
departure will be greatly regretted. 8
4 convention of the farmers Of North
carolina is called, 10 be held at Green's s
joIo' next Jauuery. il will begin the {
Ccond Wednesday in that month and 8
sill continue several days. 7
The Methodists have thus far secured l
over S35, 600 of the 100000 endow- G
ucnt they desire for Trinity College, J
heir dnOmiuatiOnal institution.
The rains which have now fallen well d
nigh without iutcrmission for fort 4
lieht have particularly damaged the
'canut crop. They are in all sorts Of c
ways injuriously affecting the farmers. b
-css teamwork has been done than Y
Yer before IL the same space of time
I this important season OF the year.
treams continue high, and some ordi-
anly small ones are impossible. @
Raleigh has this season received -
), 900 bales of cotton, an increase of =
bout 1000 over last season 10 this g
ate.
1t is learned that Ray and Anderson, ',
10 desperate monntaineers who in the -
immer of 1886, by the aid Of friends, o
daringly escaped from Asheville -
il, are now living in England as -
rmers. They are the men who near -
skorsville, Mitchell county, murdered "
rec men and were sentenced 10 death. -
ieir crime, the trial, and their escape a. ~
re important events in the criminal ~
story Of the State. '" '"
Destructive Fire. III
~ - tho Nfauaf.,b A